(08-04-2014, 07:43 AM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote: That brings up another thing I wonder about.Â
Perhaps a character can't be EVERY job, but what about two or three? I've never explored that much before. Can a Monk also be a Warrior? What are your thoughts on that?
Stuff to think about!
I honestly think it's fine, and the Lore basically tells you to go for it and learn what you can on the subject. It also gives you a chance to mix and match some things to customize your character's experience level.
That being said, I think that age/experience/history should probably have a LOT to weigh into this. Dabbling in multiple fighting styles/crafts is normal. Being the best at all of then when you're seventeen is probably not.
Think about how long it would take to do something like learn to master your own Aether through meditation or drill thousands of spear thrusts and parries until the moves are burned into your muscle memory. Then think about how long it would take to call on that training in the middle of a fight. This is going to be years of investment in time and energy.
I'd imagine that even the aetherically gifted would take years before being able to control their spells in battle, while many of the disciples of war would possibly take about the same time to become considered 'skilled' by their peers.
Personally, I roleplay that my own character grew up being trained with an axe and adopted the armor later in life and finds it cumbersome and his axe skills rusty from disuse.
He also had a 'lost period' where he studied for a year each in Thaumaturgy and Conjury. The best he can managed with Thaumaturgy after a year is ice cubes and lighting candles before he would make an explosion, and his Conjury is only slightly better (with a natural advantage that means he picked up a lot on the way).
His focus for the last four years has been Arcanima, and even after wholehearted dedication, he's only just recently come to the point where he's actually writing his own versions of spells and considers himself a Journeyman. Acquiring a fairy has led him to further experimenting, but he's still only just scratched the surface of what Scholar Magic can do.
In other words, he's dabbled in lots of things, has one job unlocked (and also one 'main' class) in Scholar, one class he's a moderately talented apprentice in (Conjurer), one class he's now out of practice with after having grown up with it (Marauder), and one class that taught him a lot...But that he isn't skilled in at all (Thaumaturge).
I THINK that's an example of someone who seems right when it comes to a twenty-five year old.
For a teenager, I's suspect maybe one class and maybe one trade seem about right.
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